Shares fell more than 8 per cent to end 39.2p down at 430p after the privatised group revealed a slip in operating profits from £353m to £279m, while sales barely grew at £4.5bn.
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[ad_1] Postal strikes cancelled after the passing of Queen Elizabeth STRIKE action planned by Royal Mail workers on September 9 has been postponed out of respect for the Queen who passed away on Thursday, September 8. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said 115,000 of its members had planned to walk out in protest for 48 hours…
[ad_1] A small piece of social history was enacted in the wings last week as the “Ottoman grandson”, to cite Turkish newspapers, held centre stage in London with his one-point government. Both events illustrated the extent to which England is moving away from its English moorings. In one, a hallowed 19th-century gentleman’s club compromised with…
Mirror.co.uk Aldridge Paralympic golden girl Ellie Simmonds honoured with stamp and …Birmingham MailGOLD medal winning Ellie Simmonds will have her own Royal Mail stamp printed in honour of her amazing world record beating swim at the Paralympics. Swimming sensation Ellie, from Aldridge, near Walsall, will also have a post-box painted gold in her …Stamp and…
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[ad_1] Now it was hardly South Pacific but four nights cruising the English Channel on a ‘Musical Theatre Festival At Sea’ voyage certainly provided some enchanted evenings. Back for a reprise, the second Stages cruise – organised by Floating Festivals – saw around 2,500 passengers board Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas for a star-studded…
[ad_1] PUBLISHED: 16:36 01 August 2019 | UPDATED: 16:36 01 August 2019 Simon Parkin Rickinghall great-grandmother Maureen Self who died in an accident involving a Royal Mail lorry in Diss. Picture: Andy Abbott Andy Abbott The husband of a great-grandmother who died after being involved in a collision with a postal lorry in Diss has…